Crimes of Diogo Alves
MovieTitle | Os Crimes de Diogo Alves |
User score | 3.3 |
Release date | May 15, 1909 |
Genre | Crime, Drama |
Director | João Freire Correia , Lino Ferreira |
Production country | Portugal |
Production companies | Portugália Filme |
Run time | 16 min. |
Diogo Alves is a Spanish fugitive that comes to the Portuguese capital terrorizing the inhabitants by his cut-throat methods against rich and poor people alike. He attacks the women launderers on the Lisbon Aqueduct and throws the bodies over the high wall, and assaults homes with his large band of criminals. Eventually arrested, he, his female companion and his henchmen are condemned to death by the court.